Ecology
The type of symbiosis in which both species benefit
What is mutualism?
Parts of a cell each with a specific function
What are Organelles?
The last name of the scientist who discovered that all cells come from pre-existing cells
What is Virchow?
Examples of this macromolecule include fats and waxes.
What are Lipids?
The word that means: to cause or speed up a chemical reaction
What is catalyze?
This is released into the atmosphere when humans burn fossil fuels, traps heat, and causes climate change
What is Carbon dioxide/greenhouse gas?
Rainforests and Tundra are example of this level of organization
What are Biomes?
The three parts of the cell theory are that all cells come from pre-existing cells, cells are the basic unit of structure and function of living things, and...
All living things are made of one or more cells
The monomer of proteins
What are amino acids?
One of the three types of things that enzymes can do.
What is build up/speed up/break down
The type of symbiosis in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
The level of organization that is composed of multiple members of the same species in a given area
What is a population?
One reason that scientists do not consider Virus's alive
Cannot reproduce on their own, no response to stimuli, no homeostasis, no metabolism
DNA and RNA are examples of this Macromolecule
What are Nucleic Acids?
One of three three factors that effects the functioning of an enzyme
What is Temperature/pH/Concentration
What is primary succession?
This factor makes ecosystems different from communities?
What are abiotic factors?
The word for the process by which living organisms maintain a stable internal environment
What is homeostasis?
The macromolecule that enzymes are made out of
What are proteins?
The word for when an enzyme is in the wrong pH or temperature, loses it's shape, and ceases to function
What is denature?
The name of the process by which bacteria in the soil take nitrogen out of the atmosphere and put it into a form that plants can use.
What is nitrogen fixation?
Organisms are made up of multiple ___________ working together
What are organ systems?
The words for when a living organism uses energy
What is Metabolism?
the function of carbohydrates
What is Short term energy storage?
The place on an enzyme at which the enzyme attaches to the substrate.
What is an active site?